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Capturing a Spider Web Photo We have a spectacular spider web in our back yard. How do we take a picture of a spider web outside?
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Bob Cammarata |
Get up early ... before the wind picks up, attach a macro lens or close-focusing attachment and focus manually on the web itself. If early-morning dew is present, so much the better. If the spider is "home" at the time, even better still! Bob
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Try to catch the light shining on the web and find an angle that provides a dark background. I love spider web shots, and this is what I find works best. And what Bob said.
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Bob Cammarata |
As I mentioned before, the early morning hours are definitely best. Natural dew and/or calm conditions will generally prevail until the sun rises higher and the wind picks up. In the attached example, a macro lens and bellows unit were used in natural early morning light. (You can see another example shot in early morning here). You can also use a simple flashlight to accentuate the reflections off a dewed web for some really cool effects. A wide aperture setting, along with a carefully positioned light source, will produce out-of-focus halos of light. In this example, a flashlight was propped up and positioned to illuminate the dewed web from underneath. Bob
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